αλάνι

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آلاڭ (alañ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈlani/
  • Hyphenation: α‧λά‧νι

Noun

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αλάνι (alánin (plural αλάνια)

  1. (colloquial, obsolete) Alternative form of αλάνα (alána, vacant lot)
  2. (colloquial, by extension) street urchin (child who lives, or spends most of his/her time, in the streets or in the above lot)
    Έχουν μαζευτεί όλα τα αλάνια της γειτονιάς και κάνουν θόρυβο.
    Échoun mazefteí óla ta alánia tis geitoniás kai kánoun thóryvo.
    All the street urchins of the neighbourhood have gathered and are making noise.

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References

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  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 3318